Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 3.99% or 0.23 points to trade at 5.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 3.92% or 0.020 points to end at 0.530 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 3.11% or 0.170 points to 5.640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.92% or 1.28 points to trade at 24.72 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 3.68% or 3.63 points to end at 97.91 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was down 1.73% or 4.00 points to 227.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 35 to 34 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.23% or 0.12 to $51.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.05% or 0.60 to hit $56.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1286.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.28% to 422.300, while USD/NGN rose 1.13% to 359.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 93.02.